An £8m skills programme to help Bath businesses plan and respond to their workforce needs – particularly those triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic – is being launched by the West of England Combined Authority. Called Workforce for the Future, the free service will help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) identify and address their skills needs...
The dedicated social care team at Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King has advised on the sale of a care home with an ‘outstanding’ Care Quality Commission (CQC) rating. Ridgeway House in Bristol, pictured, is an independently and family-operated care home providing specialist care for individuals with learning disabilities, including autism, cerebral palsy, down syndrome...
Regional law firm Mogers Drewett, which has an office in Bath, has strengthened its residential property team with the appointment of Patrick Brady as business development manager Patrick, pictured, joins from property agency Savills’ Salisbury office, where he has been director and head of residential sales for just over three years. He has nearly...
Monday September 28 Finals: Ceres Power, Morses Club Interims: Avacta, Chesnara, Instem, Reach Tuesday September 29 Finals: Blancco Technology Group, Ferguson, Gateley Holdings, Hotel Chocolat, SCS Group Interims: ADM Energy, Alfa Financial Software, Animalcare Group, Card Factory, Escape Hunt, Fireangel Safety Technology Group, Invinity Energy Systems, Menzies, Mereo Biopharma, Mortgage Advice Bureau, Osirium Technologies, Trans-Siberian Gold, Xlmedia Trading...
Bath-based sex toy retailer Lovehoney has strengthened its position in the European market by snapping up a smaller Swiss rival. Amorana, which has been in business for six years, is Switzerland’s leading online retailer of sexual happiness products. According to a survey last year, one in two Swiss recognised the brand. Lovehoney, which is...
Chancellor Rishi Sunak yesterday set out the government’s new job retention measures in an attempt to support employers who face lower demand over the next six months due to Covid-19. While more information is coming out all the time about the scheme, Bath law firm Mogers Drewett’s employment partner Sean McDonough answers some of the key...
Bath businesses looking to innovate and address new challenges that have arisen from Covid-19 can apply for funding from a £1m recovery fund set up by UWE Bristol. Following on from a successful first round, the university has launched the second round of funding for its Digital Innovation Fund, which is open to small...
Food and drink producers from Bath and its surroundings had the opportunity to meet commercial trade officers working across the world this week at the first-ever virtual Meet the Market Expert event. Some 80 businesses booked meetings with more than 50 global trade officers representing 40-plus countries. In total more than 450 meetings took...
The University of Bath is making 10 scholarships for its School of Management’s full-time MBA course available to people whose careers have been severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The scholarships have been created in memory of Deb Lewis, former MBA director of studies who died in May and are aimed at those who have...
Widespread evictions are unlikely to follow the lifting of Covid-related landlord restrictions, partly due a backlog of cases, a top property lawyer is claiming. Jacqui Walton, pictured, a senior paralegal in the residential property team at Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King, said landlords were bound by strict rules designed to slow down the...
